Top Stories of the Week: Dec. 1-Dec. 5, 2025

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Battery cell voltage is the most fundamental measurement made on the cell. While on the surface measuring voltage seems easy, challenges and accuracy considerations must be understood...
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DARPA just announced a prize pool of $6.5M to award to teams with the highest-payload drone design.
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The latest multiprotocol wireless SoCs aim to connect unconnected “things” with a single chip. This roundup spotlights some of the latest solutions for short-range wireless connectivity...
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Find out where transistor technology is headed, as gate-all-around takes the next step beyond FinFETs.

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Find out how time-sensitive networking enables development of more effective industrial-control systems.
America’s First Multi-User Silicon Carbide Fab Opens
The opening of America’s first multi-user SiC research fab establishes Arkansas as the nation’s next semiconductor manufacturing center of excellence.
Bidirectional Battery Charger Uses Three-Phase Two-Level PFC
The STEVAL-11BID1KCB from STMicroelectronics — an 11-kW bidirectional battery charger —represents a complete solution for high-voltage charging in both industrial and automotive...
What is VisualSim Architect?
Developed by Mirabilis Design, VisualSIM Architect provides modeling and simulation design support.

Latest 11 Myths articles

Our collection of 11 Myths articles covers a broad range of topics, with experts from across the industry debunking myths and misconceptions that have emerged about these technologies.

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This article debunks common audio myths, showing how MEMS and modulated ultrasound enable smaller, more powerful speakers with better bass and ANC performance.
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With next-generation superchips operating at 2,800 W and beyond, liquid cooling has become a critical component in data centers and AI factories. This article lays to rest some...
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The meteoric rise of NVIDIA’s GPU technology in accelerating AI has captivated the world and, in the process, given rise to persistent myths. This article tackles 11 of the most...
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Discover the truth about connectivity in multi-dwelling units and whether fiber is required.
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We explore common myths associated with chassis management in a SOSA-aligned system and examine ways to keep embedded systems healthy through a properly implemented chassis-management...

More of This Week's Articles

The Featured Articles above are just some of the content that's new this week on Electronic Design. Check out the rest here. 

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As AI transforms embedded systems, new security risks emerge. Developers must adopt advanced defenses to safeguard against cyberthreats.
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A data center by any other name will generate bits as sweet.
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Here are some suggestions for technology-oriented gifts for yourself, friends, or family.
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Treat yourself and other engineers in your life with my personal suggestion gift guide for this year.
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These non-magnetic inductive-sensor interface ICs offer high performance, features, and ease of use via coil-development tools.
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This special report dives into the challenges and engineering solutions behind today’s multiprotocol wireless IoT devices.
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Although NASA’s Project Mercury and SpaceShipOne served very different objectives, a closer look reveals that both missions were powered by equal parts of competition, innovation...
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The Stepper 28 Click smart stepper controller board and support tools simplify development of motorized systems used in office machinery and multiple other apps.
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Understanding the ESR of timing devices is critical for curbing the power demands of wireless IoT devices.
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Despite a booming global energy market, the U.S. is ceding its economic and technical leadership to other nations. A new report provides a detailed playbook on how to resume its...
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Chris Hemsworth attempts to help treat early onset Alzheimer’s with his father by going on a road trip, revisiting past locations and friends.
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Solid-state cooling pushes ahead further with the use of higher-performance materials compatible with standard production processes.
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The 2-stage inverter technology could reimagine electric-vehicle acceleration, torque delivery, and daily driving performance.
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This single-chip silicon-only electronic/photonic array can be reconfigured to create multiple signal-processing functions.

Editor's Choice: From the Electronic Design Archives

These articles were chosen by the editors at Electronic Design that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters. 

Make gift-giving a breeze with these gift ideas for that engineer, kid, Maker, electronics hobbyist, or geek who seems to have everything—including socks and sweaters.
From isolation measures to secure and first-stage bootloaders to DOTF, engineers can opt for a range of solutions to better safeguard their MCUs from outside threats.
This article examines the mitigation techniques that allow space equipment to cope with ionizing solar radiation.
Storage is no longer just a collection of bits. Now it needs to be secure and sometimes computation is part of the mix.
Can we trust AI in our design and products? Electronic Design’s AI Takeover Week explores this heavyweight question.
Transistor advances have gone through several stages over the years, each driven by the need to meet new demands in terms of size, performance, and power consumption. Explore ...
A wireless IoT “thing” sleeps, senses and connects. How efficiently it does these tasks can have implications for device functionality, size, and battery lifetime.
Impedance matching is easy if you know the basics. Download the eBook to find out how.
The complexity of EVs leads to demands for multiple kinds of voltages, all of which must be derived from the main battery. So, conversion and management of current and voltage...
The novel Christmas tree lights were seen as a marvel in a time when most people still feared electricity.

Editor's Picks from Other Websites

We hope you enjoy the articles on Electronic Design, but there's a lot going on, and we can't cover everything. In this section, Electronic Design editors highlight articles they found this week that you might be interested in as well. 

Machine Design showcasing what you might want to do with unlimited funds. 

Bill Wong's Picks

Hopefully you have read through this table of contents for the week to get here. I always like to find something new and hope you do too. So here's this week's offering. 

The first is from Machine Design. Do you work with motors and gears? I have on occasion so this particular article was useful and informative. 

We talk about artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI a lot in Electronic Design but here is a different perspective on agentic AI. 

Incorporating security is important when developing embedded, high reliability software. It is important over at Control Design as well.

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